for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
Apr 29th 2010, 1:22 pm
#16
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
"without being attacked" that expression was said to me by people who are afraid to say anything on this forum for fear of being well attacked verbably because things are not working for them. I thought the expat set up was to help people who need encourgement, or advise, I find that is not the case in many cases here, if someone says things are not working out I really find a lot of sneering and unhelpful remarks flying between the dedicated few here. I don't think I am alone in my thinking. If you check the other forum, returning to the uk, they are so supportive of each other, even for those that returned to the country they left, it is heart warming, that is what this should be all about, If you find me hypocritical there is nothing I can do about that, this is me warts and all
It seems you're unable to differentiate between replies that are given to plain, and quite frankly, uneducated, blanket generalisations without substance, and replies that are given to informed, localised, and contain ostensive definition.
Apr 29th 2010, 1:35 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
Mods - is this thread in the correct forum?
From the title it appears it should be in the Italy forum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canda
I think I would be quite happy there, though with a population of 958 it looks rather quiet.
From the title it appears it should be in the Italy forum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canda
I think I would be quite happy there, though with a population of 958 it looks rather quiet.
Apr 29th 2010, 1:42 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
Someone mentioned the White Cliffs of Dover at work t'other day, asking if it was really a 'thing', that questioned transported me back to many a summer holiday and promptly sent me to tears.
I really thought if I was going to get homesick I would have done so in the 1st year or so, not 5 years later
Apr 29th 2010, 2:01 pm
#19
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
I can't stay.....busy, busy, busy,
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
It seems to me, the moderators here, when ever they personally read something they don't like, get out the Hitler Mustache and start laying down the law about rules. The rules need to be bent a bit in my opinion.
I'm a very clever girl and I can tell the difference in being called a name in play and out and out viciousness from nutters, which does need to be moderated. I think most people can handle a bit of friendly name calling.
To sum up, I would enjoy this board a million times more if it was allowed to be more fun.
I don't know even why I'm bothering with this really. I do visit lots of boards where I can get my needs met for fun. It's just that I am going home to the UK so I can't help coming here for insights and stories of other experiences. It's my consuming interest at the moment.
Perhaps there should be a poll, about what people want,
Do you want fun?
or do you want strictly enforced rules?
Fun for me please.....
Now call me an idiot and see if I care!
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
It seems to me, the moderators here, when ever they personally read something they don't like, get out the Hitler Mustache and start laying down the law about rules. The rules need to be bent a bit in my opinion.
I'm a very clever girl and I can tell the difference in being called a name in play and out and out viciousness from nutters, which does need to be moderated. I think most people can handle a bit of friendly name calling.
To sum up, I would enjoy this board a million times more if it was allowed to be more fun.
I don't know even why I'm bothering with this really. I do visit lots of boards where I can get my needs met for fun. It's just that I am going home to the UK so I can't help coming here for insights and stories of other experiences. It's my consuming interest at the moment.
Perhaps there should be a poll, about what people want,
Do you want fun?
or do you want strictly enforced rules?
Fun for me please.....
Now call me an idiot and see if I care!
Apr 29th 2010, 2:02 pm
#20
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
I'm with you on this one, still hoping the warmer weather will bring me out of the doom and gloom feeling, if not, then off to the quacks I go.
Someone mentioned the White Cliffs of Dover at work t'other day, asking if it was really a 'thing', that questioned transported me back to many a summer holiday and promptly sent me to tears.
I really thought if I was going to get homesick I would have done so in the 1st year or so, not 5 years later
Someone mentioned the White Cliffs of Dover at work t'other day, asking if it was really a 'thing', that questioned transported me back to many a summer holiday and promptly sent me to tears.
I really thought if I was going to get homesick I would have done so in the 1st year or so, not 5 years later
Apr 29th 2010, 2:09 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
I can't stay.....busy, busy, busy,
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
It seems to me, the moderators here, when ever they personally read something they don't like, get out the Hitler Mustache and start laying down the law about rules. The rules need to be bent a bit in my opinion.
I'm a very clever girl and I can tell the difference in being called a name in play and out and out viciousness from nutters, which does need to be moderated. I think most people can handle a bit of friendly name calling.
To sum up, I would enjoy this board a million times more if it was allowed to be more fun.
I don't know even why I'm bothering with this really. I do visit lots of boards where I can get my needs met for fun. It's just that I am going home to the UK so I can't help coming here for insights and stories of other experiences. It's my consuming interest at the moment.
Perhaps there should be a poll, about what people want,
Do you want fun?
or do you want strictly enforced rules?
Fun for me please.....
Now call me an idiot and see if I care!
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
It seems to me, the moderators here, when ever they personally read something they don't like, get out the Hitler Mustache and start laying down the law about rules. The rules need to be bent a bit in my opinion.
I'm a very clever girl and I can tell the difference in being called a name in play and out and out viciousness from nutters, which does need to be moderated. I think most people can handle a bit of friendly name calling.
To sum up, I would enjoy this board a million times more if it was allowed to be more fun.
I don't know even why I'm bothering with this really. I do visit lots of boards where I can get my needs met for fun. It's just that I am going home to the UK so I can't help coming here for insights and stories of other experiences. It's my consuming interest at the moment.
Perhaps there should be a poll, about what people want,
Do you want fun?
or do you want strictly enforced rules?
Fun for me please.....
Now call me an idiot and see if I care!
Apr 29th 2010, 2:13 pm
#22
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
I can't stay.....busy, busy, busy,
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
It seems to me, the moderators here, when ever they personally read something they don't like, get out the Hitler Mustache and start laying down the law about rules. The rules need to be bent a bit in my opinion.
I'm a very clever girl and I can tell the difference in being called a name in play and out and out viciousness from nutters, which does need to be moderated. I think most people can handle a bit of friendly name calling.
To sum up, I would enjoy this board a million times more if it was allowed to be more fun.
I don't know even why I'm bothering with this really. I do visit lots of boards where I can get my needs met for fun. It's just that I am going home to the UK so I can't help coming here for insights and stories of other experiences. It's my consuming interest at the moment.
Perhaps there should be a poll, about what people want,
Do you want fun?
or do you want strictly enforced rules?
Fun for me please.....
Now call me an idiot and see if I care!
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
It seems to me, the moderators here, when ever they personally read something they don't like, get out the Hitler Mustache and start laying down the law about rules. The rules need to be bent a bit in my opinion.
I'm a very clever girl and I can tell the difference in being called a name in play and out and out viciousness from nutters, which does need to be moderated. I think most people can handle a bit of friendly name calling.
To sum up, I would enjoy this board a million times more if it was allowed to be more fun.
I don't know even why I'm bothering with this really. I do visit lots of boards where I can get my needs met for fun. It's just that I am going home to the UK so I can't help coming here for insights and stories of other experiences. It's my consuming interest at the moment.
Perhaps there should be a poll, about what people want,
Do you want fun?
or do you want strictly enforced rules?
Fun for me please.....
Now call me an idiot and see if I care!
Apr 29th 2010, 2:20 pm
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Apr 29th 2010, 2:22 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
I'm with you on this one, still hoping the warmer weather will bring me out of the doom and gloom feeling, if not, then off to the quacks I go.
Someone mentioned the White Cliffs of Dover at work t'other day, asking if it was really a 'thing', that questioned transported me back to many a summer holiday and promptly sent me to tears.
I really thought if I was going to get homesick I would have done so in the 1st year or so, not 5 years later
Someone mentioned the White Cliffs of Dover at work t'other day, asking if it was really a 'thing', that questioned transported me back to many a summer holiday and promptly sent me to tears.
I really thought if I was going to get homesick I would have done so in the 1st year or so, not 5 years later
Hope you pick up soon, perhaps some warm sunshine will help us
Apr 29th 2010, 2:24 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
I can't stay.....busy, busy, busy,
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
However, I can't resist saying this. The biggest thing wrong with these boards, is that they are that they are over moderated! What can we do to complain about that? Who owns the site? I would certainly write them a letter.
The life is being sucked out of interactions by having to be too polite.You can see what's happening here, This board is not about Canada. It's becoming Canada. Too much, being concerned with treading on other peoples toes or offending them. Where is the fun, where is the vibrancy? Just like in Canada it's missing.
Civility is too much to ask now is it? Your argument seems to be that incivility is a British trait?
A lot of british humour is based on denegration, we recognise that, but there comes a point where it puts people off feeling free to participate.
Its one thing for posters with history here to have a joke at each others expense (as long as its not really foul mouthed), its another to be jumped all over by a total stranger. Thats why we dont generally intervene in what seems to be banter unless there is a complaint and why its important to report posts that are truly abusive, otherwise we may see it as banter between people with previous history, rather than an unprovoked attack.
Seems some people want more moderation, some less... cant please all the people all the time, so as long as we try and be consistent and people know where they stand I dont see what else we can do.
Last edited by iaink; Apr 29th 2010 at 2:27 pm.
Apr 29th 2010, 2:30 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
Apr 29th 2010, 2:31 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
are yu writing a book or something? i'm not being sarcy just interested
Apr 29th 2010, 2:41 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
Thank you both. Miss Clinique, I'm sure the warmer weather and the country opening on May 1st will help both of us 'pick up'. Mind you with the snow and wind today, I would much rather be snuggling back up into bed than having to get ready for work and trying to sell shorts and capris
Apr 29th 2010, 3:11 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
For some reason i'm picturing a store full of these
http://handmadekids.files.wordpress....inna4piper.jpghttp://www.genesis-tyresandalloys.co...pri%202.8i.jpg
http://handmadekids.files.wordpress....inna4piper.jpghttp://www.genesis-tyresandalloys.co...pri%202.8i.jpg
Whatever possessed you to buy shorts like that????
Apr 29th 2010, 4:30 pm
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Re: for anyone genuinely not happy in canda
For some reason i'm picturing a store full of these
http://handmadekids.files.wordpress....inna4piper.jpghttp://www.genesis-tyresandalloys.co...pri%202.8i.jpg
http://handmadekids.files.wordpress....inna4piper.jpghttp://www.genesis-tyresandalloys.co...pri%202.8i.jpg